Omi Jingu

It is a well-known shrine located in Shiga prefecture that is visited by both locals and tourists. The shrine is related to the Karuta, a traditional Japanese card game that is also featured in the anime "Chihayafuru". I also recommend going to the community center if you want to see the Chihayafuru displays and souvenirs, and if you're lucky, you can witness students playing a Karuta game competition on the 2nd floor. If you are going to Omi Jingu by foot, you can either reach it from Omi-Jingu station or from Minami Shiga station.

I’ve always wanted to visit ever since I watched Chihayafuru. There are places dedicated to the hyakunin isshu so I was not disappointed

It is an entrance-fee-free shrine, with rather contemporary religious/ shrine building structure. Outside the Shrine, there is a quasi-forest style yard which can be attractive for sunny weather, although it can be somewhat dark in the cloudy weather because it has so many tall trees. Inside the Shrine, the pebble stone floor is well maintained for being Zen-style yard, although visitors may not sense its beauty and just step on it. The Shrine is famous for the religious praying and celebration of new baby at age 1 and, then, age 3, 5, and 7. That is the reason why many parents would bring their babies and young child/children to the Shrine for the religious service.

Ohmi Jingu Shrine is a place that defies emotional understanding unless you have actually been there. Words are relatively easy to convey and can be used to convey more simplistic emotions, but what words can convey an emotional context that I have never experienced but yet will forever change me in ways I have yet to fully understand.

We visit this shrine last time for the first visit or (Hatsunode) The japanese tradition. Even though there’s a fear to the corona virus people,locals are falling in line others forgetting the social distances to each other because the shrine is crowded.